The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-16

Mantle further obJected TO II.
The motion was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Gorham, Hoffman, Holt, John
son, Kanouse, Marshall, Muth. Taylor,
Titman, White, Wilson and MI. Speaker
10.
Noes-Alderson Blake, Brown, Buskett
Hanscom, Harwood. Mantle, Page, SEQ
hey, Spaulding, Thompson and Toole-
Is.
WEDNESDAY FEB. 9.-Speaker Arm
strong being absent the house was called
to order by Chief Clerk Marks.
Kanouse was chosen as speaker pro
tenn for the day.
Speaker Armstrong was excused for
the day, being absent on q trip to Boze-
man.
A petition from citizens of Boulder.
concerning the protection of women; also
one in reference to the passage of q local
option law, we're read and referred.
A petition from Butte relating to the
passage Of a law for the protection Of
miners, was read and referred.
Notices were as follows:
By Muth-A bill for the relief of
Messrs. Fisk Bros.
By Gorham-A bill for an act concer-
ming the Lords Day.
BY Wilson-A bill concerning the
representation of quartz lodes.
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Harwood-H. B. No. 56.-A bill
for an act creating the county of Yellow
stone. Ordered printed. This bill pro-
vides that said county shall not incur
an indebtedness to exceed 4per cent. Of
the taxable property of the county as
shown by the last previous assessment
roll.
By the joint library committee-H. B.
No. 59-"An act reorganizing and con.
solidating the Montana library" This
bill is a good one, and if passed will be
Of great benefit not only to the lawyers
but to the entire territory. 1t provides
that the chief justice and associate jus
tices and the secretary of the territory
shall be constituted q board of directors
for the library, with the chief justice as
chairman of the board. The powers
given the board are extensive, but not
any more 30 than really necessary,
among the many powers granted are:
That they shall rent a suitable room or
rooms; purchase furniture; provide for
lights and fuel; appoint a librarian, who
shall be exoficio secretary of the board
but not n member, who shall receive a
salary of not to exceed $50 per month
to provide for Montana mineral and
other specimens of u territorial pro-
auctions; to procure files and preserve;
copies of all territorial papers, magazines
and other publications. In addition to
the appropriation Of 5000 for a librarian
q, 1000 is appropriated to fully carry out
the intent of the act.
H. B. No. 6-The gag law bill was re-
ported back by the committee of territ-
orial affairs with amendments. The
amendments proposed are to make the
lighter. A motion to reject the
amendments was lost; a motion to adopt
was carried, and the bill was ordered
engrossed for a third reading.
H. B. No. 25-The bill gotten up spec
tally to provide for the payment of cnun-
ty officers of Fergus county, and counties
to be hereafter organized, passed the
house by an unanimous vote.
H.. B. No. 2s-Concerning railroad
corporations, (the bill limiting the tim e
for the completion of roads) passed by
following vote:
Ayes-Blake, Brown. Gorham, Har-
wood, Hoffman, Holt, johnson, Kanouse,
Mantle, Marshall, Muth. Page, Taylor,
Thompson. Titman, Toole, White, Will
son-1S.
Noes-Alderson, Buskett, Hanscom.
scobey, Spaulding-5
The house went into a committee of
the whole for the consideration of gen
eral orders Mantle in the chair.
H. B. No. 800 prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors on Sunday, was
taken up
Both tho friends and enemies Of tho
bill started in for some fun.
Taylor moved to amend section l by
inserting "or any other day" after the
word Sunday.
Page the father of the bill, said that he
hoped that this motion would not pre-
vail as it was only intended for the pur
pose of killing the bill.
Taylor replied that this morning in
particular, he was on the stool ofrepen
tance," and offered his amendment in
good faith. The Taylor amendment
prevailed. An effort was made by some
who had voted for the amendment
merely as a "josh" to reconsider the
matter, but the motion was lost by a
tie vote.
Scobey offered an amendment to sec
ton 2, placing the fine for violating the
law at not less than $500 or more than
$1,000.
The amendment was adopted. Alder
son offered an amendment which was
afterward withdrawn, which compelled
every man and his family to go to church
at least once on Sundays, and made it a
misdemeanor for a violation of the law
punishable by q fine Of $40 for each
o~ffense, all moneys collected under thi.
law to be paid into the Sunday schoo
fund in the district in which he resided
Anderson moved that when the com
mittee arise the report the bill bacl
with a recommendation that it do no
pass.
Page moved as an amendment tina
the original bill without any amend
ments be reported back, recommending
that it do pass. In support of his motion
he recited the many advantages tina
would be derived by the enactment o
his law. He was surprised at the stan,
taken by men that had held high mora
positions and had themselves advocated
hige morals at one time. He ~sincerel,
hoped that the members would look q
the matter in the right light and supper
his motion.